Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

When Salvador returned to his palace, his mask of composure finally slipped and disappointment etched itself across his face.

The lack of evidence didn't mean there was no problem. In the harem, the methods used were often subtle, invisible even.

Sebastian had warned him that Jeanette might not be able to carry to term. Even if it did, the child could be born with deficiencies, or worse, could be a fool.

Salvador had once considered giving Jeanette a dose of medicine to terminate the pregnancy. But deep down, he hesitated as this might be his last child. He wasn't ready to give up hope just yet and had been willing to take a risk.

This time, he was certain that someone had interfered. Recently, he had been frequenting Jeanette's palace more often, and there were those in the harem who resented that.

Grace, for all her attention to Jeanette, had been met with ingratitude. Jeanette had become arrogant in her favor, even harboring resentment toward Grace. Salvador had hinted at it to her that day, but unfortunately, she hadn't picked up on it.

Grace had control over the harem, and many of the concubines had been placed there by her and Sylvia. If Grace wanted to harm Jeanette's child, it would have been easy.

However, Grace wouldn't have been the one to take action. If she had intended to harm Jeanette, she wouldn't have protected her so fiercely previously. In recent days, when Grace brought Caden to visit, it was as much to scheme for Caden's sake as to protect Jeanette's pregnancy.

Jeanette's words would have reached Grace's ears, and so she had stopped visiting her. With Grace openly distancing herself from Jeanette, it would have been much easier for someone with ill intentions to make a move.

Salvador's disappointment wasn't because Jeanette had lost the baby. It was the inevitable power struggle for the throne that had, in the end, come to pass, just as he had feared.

Kylie or Sylvia, though he suspected there was a higher possibility of the latter being the

two options: either conduct a thorough investigation and punish the culprit severely, or cover everything up

he chose to investigate, it would inevitably drag their families— Malcolm's or even Patrick's-into the

choice but to lean toward covering things

he had free

the child was lost, an emptiness had consumed him. Now, as he reflected on the situation, his heart was full of conflicting emotions, anger being one of

him with concern, Derek said, "Your Majesty, please be

did this?" Salvador

don't know. I

don't have much time left. There are certain people who cannot be toughed. A single move could shake everything to its

everything clearly in his mind. He also knew why Salvador didn't want to make a big fuss about it. There were the reasons the king gave, and other reasons

sake of the child. Perhaps it was

likely it was that the child

happened in the palace, news of it

came

Kylie,